Write the Memoir You're Afraid to Write

In an encouraging and insightful presentation, Patricia L. Brooks will help you capture the essence of your untold story. She will share with you how to produce a memoir to your own satisfaction, face your fears, and conquer your story's emotional beats. With techniques from writing her three daring memoirs, she will help you to understand the journey to writing yours. Within this engaging and informative format, Patricia will inspire you to take the necessary steps to bring your work to fruition.

Patricia L. Brooks, MAOM, published three memoirs: Sick as My Secrets, Three Husbands and a Thousand Boyfriends, and Gifts of Sisterhood - Journey from Grief to Gratitude. She is currently working on a non-fiction book about writing memoirs, Write the Memoir You're Afraid to Write, to be out in November 2024.

Patricia is president of both Brooks Goldmann Publishing, LLC, and the phenomenally successful Scottsdale Society of Woman's Writers. She founded both in 2005. She is affiliated with Arizona State University, teaching memoir writing for the Piper Center for Creative Writing.

Patricia lives in Old Town Scottsdale, with her husband, author, Earl L. Goldmann.

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